Fender.



No. 798,593. 1 PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

W. J. BIRGHELL.

FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1905.

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FENDER.

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WVILLIAM JAMES BIRCHFLL, OF PHGQNIX, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,661.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J AMES BIRCH- ELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa and Territory ofArizona, have invented a new and useful Fender, of which the followingis a specitication.

This invention relates to improvements in car fenders or pilots; and theprincipal object is to provide a simple structure of a novel naturewhich will prohibit an object passing beneath a car and will have anunobstructed outer rolling surface to direct the object struck therebyto the sides of the car.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered preferableis illustrated in the accompanying drawings and is described in thefollowing specification; Theinvention, however, is not limited to theexact structure shown.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front portion of amodern interurban electrically-propelled car, showing the improvedfender or pilot mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thepilot. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the same on anenlarged scale; Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of a portion of one of the sections of the lowerjournal-bar. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the other section. Fig. 7 is adetail sectional view showing a slightlymodified form of construction.Fig. 8 is a detail plan of another form of leverbar. Fig.9 is a detailsection therethrough.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a support is employed in the form of aframe comprising an upper substantially V-shaped journalbar 7 and alower V -shaped journal bar somewhat larger than the upper bar andcomprising sections 8 and 9. While V-shaped bars are perhaps preferable,this shape is not considered necessary and may be changed in a number ofunessential ways. These bars are connected by tie-rods 10 andcross-braces 11, thus forming a rigid frame which can be secured in anydesirable manner to a car or locomotive, preferably when applied to acar being mounted beneath the front platform 12, as shown in Fig. 1.

The frame constitutes asu pport for a plurality of fender-rollers 13,having gudgeons 14 at their upper ends, which are journaled in the upperbar. The lower portions of the rollers above their upper ends, however,are provided with reduced portions, forming gudgeons 15, which arejournaled in the lower frame-bar. To this end said frame bar is providedwith sockets 16, located partially in each section,

which sockets receive the gudgeons 15, as shown. The sectionssurrounding these sockets are preferably thickened, as shown at 17, inorder to form journal-boxes, and the two sections have portionsoverlapping and rivet ed together, as shown at 18. The rollers thusextend above and below the lower journal-bar and also have their frontfaces in advance of the same, so that rolling-surfaces are providedwhich are entirely unobstructed by any stationary part of the frame.This is an important feature. The lower ends of the rollers, locatedbelow the lower bar, are preferably disposed in substantially ahorizontal plane and are preferably, though not necessarily, enlarged,as shown at 19. The surfaces of the rollers may be covered, as shown at20, with suitable cushioning material that will yield sutliciently toavoid material injury to the object struck thereby.

The fender or pilot can be supported in any desirable position upon thefront of a car, with its lower end spaced a sufficient distance from thetrack or roadway to avoid interference therewith and yet prohibit thepassage of an object beneath the same. It. is believed to be preferableto mount said fender beneath the platform, as illustrated, in order toavoid detracting from the appearance of the car. An object struck bysaid fender will be directed to either side of the car, and as there areno projecting stationary portions of the supporting-frame the entireexposed surface of the fender is movable, so that there is little dangerof the object becoming caught and held. Moreover, in case of a personbeing struck the clothing of such person, though it may pass slightlybeneath the fender, can be readily disengaged therefrom because of therolling lower ends and the enlarged knobs.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. Thuswhile it has been tion 8".

shown upon a car it will bereadily seen that it may be advantageouslyemployed on a locomotive. As an example of how the structure may bechanged attention is invited to Fig. 7, wherein is shown a lowerframe-bar 7 2 having a journal-opening 8 therethrough. In this openingis located a reduced stem 9, carried by the lower end of a roller-body10*, said stem being threaded. An enlarged terminal foot 11 is threadedupon the lower end of the stem 9 below the bar 7 Thus a roller isprovided having all the advantageous characteristics of those firstdescribed. In Figs. 8 and 9 another form of lever framebar isillustrated, comprising sections 7 and 8 the latter being adjustable onthe former and being ordinarily held against movement by suitablefasteners-as, for instance, bolts 9 -which pass through slots 10 in thesec- The section 8 furthermore, has forwardly-projecting ears 11 havingjournalopenings 12 for the lower portions of the rollers. It is also tobe noted that while the rollers are shown as at an inclination neitherthis disposition of parts nor the triangular slope of the fender isessential, and the same may be changed in a variety of ways.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fender, the combination with aframe comprising upper and lowerspaced bars, of crossed braces connecting the bars, and rollers locatedbetween and journaled in the bars.

2. In afender, the combination with aframe comprising upper and lowerspaced and substantially V-shaped bars, of braces and tierods connectingthe bars, and rollers located between and journaled in the bars, thefront portions of said rollers projecting in advance of the frame.

3. In a fender, the combination with a support, of a plurality offender-rollers journaled in the support and extending above and belowthe same.

4:. In a fender, the combination with a support, of a plurality ofupstanding fender-rollers journaled on thesupport and extending aboveand below the same, the lower ends of the rollers projectingin advanceof the support.

5. In a fender, the combination with a support, of a plurality offender-rollers journaled in the support and having enlarged lower endslocated below said support and below their lowermost journals.

6. In a fender, the combination with a supporting-frame, of a pluralityof upstanding rollers journaled in the frame, said rollers projectingbelow the frame and their lowermost journals, and having their frontportions located in advance of said frame.

7. In a fender, the combination with a supporting-frame comprising upperand lower bars, of rollers journaled at their upper ends in the upperbar and having their lower portions journaled in the lower bar, saidrollers projecting below the lower bar and in advance of the same.

8. In a fender, the combination with a support including a frame-barcomprising sections securedtogether, said bar having sockets locatedpartially in each section, of rollers journaled in the support andhaving gudgeons journaled in said sockets.

9. In a fender, the combination with a substantially V-shaped framecomprising upper and lower substantially V- shaped bars and tie-rodsconnecting the bars, the lower bar consisting of sections and havingsockets located partially in each section, of rollers having gudgeons attheir upper ends that are journaled in the upper bar, said rollersprojecting below the lower bar and having gudgeons in their lowerportions that are journaled in the sockets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J AMES BIROHELL.

WVitnesses:

S. N. LUKIN, LEE N. STEELE.

